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4 international Sinologists to join staff of Visual China Academy
By Vanessa Xu |
July 16, 2013, Tuesday
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FOUR international Sinologists will be serving on the academic staff of a visual studies research academy opened this month by the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou.
The four would help compile visual studies textbooks and give lectures. Visual studies includes some combination of cultural studies, art history, critical theory, philosophy and anthropology, by focusing on aspects of culture that rely on visual images.
Visual China Academy, part of the China Academy of Art, has opened this month and is tasked with establishing a visual system with Chinese character and spirit, while promoting it internationally.
The four who have accepted invitations are Professor Emeritus James Cahill of the University of California; Professor Lothar Ledderose at the University of Heidelberg; Professor Jessica Rawson from the University of Oxford; and Martin Powers, professor of Chinese Arts and Cultures at the University of Michigan.
Other staff members include professors from the China Academy of Art, including Xu Jiang, principal of the academy, and Wang Shu, the architect who last year won Pritzker Prize, often called the Nobel Prize of architecture.
"Chinese artists are looking for international support, and we foreign researchers can offer more angles and viewpoints to China study," Ledderose said in his speech given in Chinese at the opening ceremony.
All the international Sinologists have studied ancient Chinese culture and art, yet they don't think it will hinder their ability to look forward.
"People can help develop the future better by understanding the past first," said Rawson who studies ancient Chinese bronze ware.
"Nowadays, Chinese imitate too much from the West, without learning from their history, but I think they should be confident about their culture, so Westerners will respect and show interest in Chinese culture," she said.
Visual China Academy will have eight research labs in such areas as art history, calligraphy, architecture, and the culture of Qiuzi (an ancient state located in the present-day Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region).
The new academy will also lead an international project to study the collection of traditional Chinese woodblock prints in the British Museum in London.
The four would help compile visual studies textbooks and give lectures. Visual studies includes some combination of cultural studies, art history, critical theory, philosophy and anthropology, by focusing on aspects of culture that rely on visual images.
Visual China Academy, part of the China Academy of Art, has opened this month and is tasked with establishing a visual system with Chinese character and spirit, while promoting it internationally.
The four who have accepted invitations are Professor Emeritus James Cahill of the University of California; Professor Lothar Ledderose at the University of Heidelberg; Professor Jessica Rawson from the University of Oxford; and Martin Powers, professor of Chinese Arts and Cultures at the University of Michigan.
Other staff members include professors from the China Academy of Art, including Xu Jiang, principal of the academy, and Wang Shu, the architect who last year won Pritzker Prize, often called the Nobel Prize of architecture.
"Chinese artists are looking for international support, and we foreign researchers can offer more angles and viewpoints to China study," Ledderose said in his speech given in Chinese at the opening ceremony.
All the international Sinologists have studied ancient Chinese culture and art, yet they don't think it will hinder their ability to look forward.
"People can help develop the future better by understanding the past first," said Rawson who studies ancient Chinese bronze ware.
"Nowadays, Chinese imitate too much from the West, without learning from their history, but I think they should be confident about their culture, so Westerners will respect and show interest in Chinese culture," she said.
Visual China Academy will have eight research labs in such areas as art history, calligraphy, architecture, and the culture of Qiuzi (an ancient state located in the present-day Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region).
The new academy will also lead an international project to study the collection of traditional Chinese woodblock prints in the British Museum in London.
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